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Job Title: Commercial Advisor
Location: Plymouth, Devon
Compensation: £43,935 + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF65703
At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as aCommercial Advisor at our Devonport Royal Dockyard site.
The role
As a Commercial Advisor, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. Join our Commercial team supporting future submarine contracts—managing changes, engaging stakeholders, and developing your commercial expertise through hands-on experience and dedicated training.
Day-to-day, you’ll support commercial management of future submarine contracts by handling contract changes, advising on terms, setting up NDAs, and contributing to meetings. Working with finance on forecasting and engaging with both internal teams and external stakeholders—like the MOD and suppliers—you’ll also develop your commercial skills through ongoing training.
- Manage subcontract tenders, evaluations, contract issuance, and full lifecycle commercial administration
- Provide commercial support and reporting to project teams on prime and subcontract matters through execution and close-out
- Act as a commercial point of contact for internal and external stakeholders, including representation at key meetings
- Contribute to the selection and prioritisation of improvement initiatives within commercial functions
- Handle correspondence and queries efficiently, ensuring timely delivery of required information
This role is full time, 35 hours per week and is based on site at Devonport Royal Dockyard.
Essential Experience Of The Commercial Advisor
- Commercially astute with strong knowledge of the end-to-end procurement process
- Capable of working independently and collaboratively within cross-functional teams
- Skilled in communication, negotiation, presentation, and networking across varied audiences
- Excellent attention to detail, with the ability to identify and mitigate commercial risks effectively
- Maintains a professional, positive, and supportive approach to both suppliers and customers
Qualifications For The Commercial Advisor
- World Commerce and Contracting (WCC) (previously IACCM) chartership (this will be offered to you if you don’t have this or an equivalent)
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.
Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) .
What We Offer
- Generous holiday allowance
- Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
- Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
- Employee share scheme
- Employee shopping savings portal
- Payment of Professional Fees
- Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
- Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows UK Babcock employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. This Window opens February through to March annually.
- ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
- Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.
Babcock International
For over a century Babcock has helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal.
We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email
[email protected] with the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.
Closing date: 22/07/2025
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